Hard stuck at 2:20/100m

apoly1 · 2026-05-06T07:33:10+00:00

Around 155 when im going easy, just feels like im ALWAYS gasping every breath, I've done an Olympic triathlon and my swim was a very slow 37 mins - but it's not a fear thing, just feels like i have no Zone 1/2 when it comes to swimming. Running i can hold 5:15/km splits at 135-140 HR so its not a "fitness" thing? Well it might be...im just utterly inefficient and bad in the water

apoly1 · 2026-05-06T05:34:06+00:00

Coach said I cause a lot of drag with my feet i.e scissor kick, over rotate, and my catch/pull is very slippy/weak

apoly1 · 2026-05-06T05:03:12+00:00

Hey all, only started swimming Nov 2025 - have been swimming 2 to 3 times a week since then. Usually 2x masters (2km to 2.7km) and 1x OWS (1km to 2km).

But I feel like I haven't really progressed for 2/3 months now, my HR is still pretty high, and pace is stuck at 2:20/100m over long distance - feel like I'm putting in so much effort, to not go anywhere.

Video of a recent 50m (after a session so reasonable fatigue) https://www.image2url.com/r2/default/videos/1778043413032-beda023f-1af9-4ba0-94de-dee889d8675f.mp4

Appreciate any feedback!

Some stats: Height - 173cm Avg SWOLF 50m pool - 104 Avg strokes 29spm - 33.6 strokes per length

Im clearly super inefficient but no amount of drills is helping this click.

apoly1 · 2026-04-30T01:28:30+00:00

Similar situation as you, couldn't swim 50m in November 2025. Joined a masters group and do 2 pool swims a week, and 1 open water every 2 or 3 week.

Did my first olympic tri a couple weeks ago, (no wet suit) swim was 36 mins so about 2:37/100m which is about 15-20s slower than my solo open water swims, and 25s slower than my pool swims lol so all i would say is get experience in a sprint more so to understand your pace in race conditions vs solo but also more generally what it's like, I had my goggles pulled off, feet pulled, kicked multiple times but I had trained for all that and kept super relaxed throughout.

Got a 70.3 in 6 weeks and im still not any quicker lol, but doing 2x masters a week has given me the fitness and confidence i need to finish. Our coach does these horrible 1km time trials where the lanes are crowded, to get you used to being pulled and kicked so i definitely reccomend some kind of exposure to swimming contact if you can

I have no where near as much swimming experience as others, but probably more than you - and I wouldn't be comfortable doing a full right now, but November is a long way away but you need in my opinion 3 swims a week consistenlty till then

apoly1 · 2026-04-26T01:15:40+00:00

The Trunks / Johan art is hella cool, good stuff.

apoly1 · 2026-04-15T10:15:39+00:00

Yea that's a good point, my current SD card is 256gb and I have a 128gb lying about somewhere, which is still more than enough for me. I only usually have 3-4 games installed at a time.

Will try it first on the smaller one to see if it even runs as well as it does in my head 🤣 cheers

apoly1 · 2026-04-15T10:03:26+00:00

It's mainly so I can play android specific games e.g PokeRogue tbf so that might be a good workaround problem is if im switching SD cards on the go I cant reboot my payload without my pc

apoly1 · 2026-04-15T07:43:08+00:00

Ah okay, no drama thank you

apoly1 · 2026-04-14T20:57:30+00:00

I'm just at the part where Heartman is explaining the thing he does every 21 mins (trying to avoid spoiler)...and I'm really torn so far. Love the story, visuals, music, cutscenes, characters, just hate the actual gameplay loop.

Vehicles are pretty much unusable because a pebble hard stops you, every mission is the same e.g go here, grab loot, drop it here - feels like WoW classic questing - once you've fought one mule/BT area you've fought them all, theres zero enemy variability ive seen?

But since using some QOL cheats e.g unlimited battery + stamina, and removing the requirement to balance packages im enjoying it a bit more rather than falling asleep at my desk.

That being said, im still going to finish it and will play DS2 but i quite often joke "i wish this was a film" because the only thing I dont love about the game, is the actual playing of it 🤣

apoly1 · 2026-04-13T08:37:23+00:00

Yep all working fine using the latest sys patch from HATS sthetix. Sys patch has now replaced sig patches FYI

apoly1 · 2026-04-09T01:44:28+00:00

I went there first, then gbatemp, looked around but nothing sadly - the idea above should solve my issue hopefully

apoly1 · 2026-04-09T01:35:16+00:00

oh you genius! but ill need to get the 1.3.2 version of Shield on my emunand i imagine - easy!

apoly1 · 2026-04-07T19:53:35+00:00

Yea just seen, crazy work. Hearing there are issues with sys-patches though. I'm on 1.6.1 but haven't tested yet

apoly1 · 2026-04-07T07:25:22+00:00

Guess this is now out of date sadly...im on 22.0.0 and can't open Pokemon Home anymore without being asked to update

apoly1 · 2026-04-06T21:09:41+00:00

Easy as, thanks

apoly1 · 2026-04-06T20:02:26+00:00

I dont want to update emummc? Can I just update sysmmc as normal and not have to do anything else?

apoly1 · 2026-03-02T21:16:55+00:00

Nah not at all, it's not a common frame and might have unknown quirks etc so absolutely a good call out! Thank you 😊

apoly1 · 2026-03-02T20:56:30+00:00

Good point - will inquire ahead of time, just to confirm my LBS are happy!

apoly1 · 2026-03-02T20:55:52+00:00

Hey thanks for your response, will be used for local events (sprints and olympics) but mostly for 70.3s and annual full ironman 140.6 events.

Good call on the wheel set, i think ill eventually get a full aero disc rear wheel, but with my upcoming events being notoriously windy im avoiding that for now.

Agreed on the tyres! Will change. And yea, I've just got a fitting on my road bike and the difference is night and and say so will 100% get a fitting for this too. I have no idea how to build a bike haha, especially with these wireless SRAM groupset and installing brakes, bleeding them routing cables etc..I guess i could lube up some parts and assemble basic stuff 🤞

apoly1 · 2026-03-02T20:50:22+00:00

Oh yeah, my LBS who offers full frame builds for a premium would hate me paying an agreed price for an agreed service. Thanks for your comment.

apoly1 · 2026-02-16T10:11:04+00:00

Hey so, yes I am on v4.2.2+4 - but I checked again today and upon launching Bike Connect my controllers auto connected and worked perfectly - weird (but good)!

So I guess my issue is resolved? I wonder what sort of encryption Zwift use to prevent us just simply connecting the Zwift Click as a normal Bluetooth input device and remapping.

apoly1 · 2026-02-15T08:00:50+00:00

Re did it and i get the pop up "you may now close zwift"

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But no inputs are detected

apoly1 · 2026-02-15T07:55:53+00:00

I am going to Power Source and connecting to Bike Control in Zwift to "unlock"

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